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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:05:00 -0400Bob Sullivan
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<p>As Steph Curry and LeBron James duke it out in the NBA finals, there can only be one winner. Actually, scratch that. They <em>both</em> win&hellip;in their bank accounts. That might sound obvious&mdash;Curry is reportedly worth <a href="http://moneynation.com/stephen-curry-earnings-salary-and-net-worth/">$27 million</a> and James, <a href="http://moneynation.com/lebron-james-net-worth/">$223 million</a>&mdash;but it&rsquo;s not.</p>
<p>There are plenty of examples of <a href="https://grow.acorns.com/2016/06/fame-and-finances-lessons-from-stars-good-and-bad-money-moves/">stars making millions and squandering it all</a>: Mike Tyson, for one, famously declared bankruptcy after earning <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/05/sports/tyson-s-bankruptcy-is-a-lesson-in-ways-to-squander-a-fortune.html">$400 million</a>. Vin Baker earned $100 million playing basketball, and was last seen working at a <a href="http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/four-time-nba-all-star-vin-baker-is-working-at-starbucks">Starbucks</a>. And by one estimate, nearly 80 percent of former NFL players <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2012/10/02/162162226/espns-broke-looks-at-the-many-ways-athletes-lose-their-money">end up in dire financial straits</a> two years after retirement.</p>
<p>So it&rsquo;s far from guaranteed that rich athletes stay rich, which means there&rsquo;s a lot to learn from how financially savvy pros like these 10 standouts handle their money.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-your-credit-score-can-impact-your-life-2016-5" >7 ways your credit score can affect your life</a></strong></p>
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<p><h2><span><strong>Steph Curry</strong></span></h2>
<p><span>This two-time NBA MVP is wildly popular for many reasons&mdash;hitting a <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/15/11437346/steph-curry-golden-state-warriors-3-point-record"><span>record 402 three-pointers</span></a> this year helps&mdash;but chiefly because his stardom was far from certain: The guard played for Davidson instead of a big-name college, and was later dramatically pilfered as an endorser from <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15047018/how-nike-lost-stephen-curry-armour"><span>Nike by Under Armour for a mere $4 million</span></a>. (Though some analysts think he&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/steph-curry-worth-14-billion-to-under-armour-2016-3"><span>worth $14 billion</span></a> to the clothing company now.)</span></p>
<p><span>But true to his image, he&rsquo;s remained grounded&mdash;and doesn&rsquo;t complain that his &ldquo;modest&rdquo; $11 million annual salary makes him the fifth-highest Golden State Warriors player. Before signing his four-year contract in 2012, he carefully weighed his options: Pass, go into free agency and hope old injuries wouldn&rsquo;t end his career, or sign, become a star and write his own ticket.</span></p>
<p><span>&ldquo;I could&rsquo;ve had a different perspective and said, &lsquo;I want to get everything that I could get, wait it out, test free agency that next year&rsquo;&mdash;and who knows what would&rsquo;ve happened? For me, a $44 million contract was plenty for me to be able to provide for my family,&rdquo; <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-stephen-curry-makes-his-daily-peace-with-a-contract-unfit-for-the-mvp-014857274.html"><span>Curry told Yahoo Sports</span></a>.</span></p>
<p><span>Since then, Curry&rsquo;s made other key financial moves. In September 2015, his Under Armour deal <a href="http://www.si.com/nba/2015/09/16/under-armour-stephen-curry-contract-equity-stake"><span>was extended</span></a> to 2024 and includes an equity stake in the company&mdash;which was probably his smartest shot yet.</span></p>
<p><span><strong>The lesson:</strong> Play the long game. Pay your dues today to further your career (and plump up your bank account) tomorrow. Case in point: By some estimates, Curry&rsquo;s poised to sign a new contract next year that&rsquo;s worth <a href="http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2015/08/25/stephen-curry-harrison-barnes-and-the-warriors-realistic-negotiations-the-timetables-market-prices-and-cap-issues/"><span>$30 million per season</span></a>.</span></p></p>
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<p><h2><span><strong>LeBron James</strong></span></h2>
<p><span>This athlete needs no introduction, but here&rsquo;s something you might not know: James signed a lifetime deal with Nike last year initially thought to be worth $500 million. Yet insiders suggest that <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/cavaliers/2015/12/08/lebron-james-nike-lifetime-deal-500-million/77007118/"><span>figure is actually <em>too low</em></span></a><em>. </em>The truth is that James is a multi-million-dollar business who just happens to play basketball. And he has his sights firmly set on becoming a billionaire.</span></p>
<p><span>James has always been a different kind of athlete. He cracked into the NBA as a teenager, skipping college and, from early on, displayed great business acumen. In his early 20s, he befriended Warren Buffett, hitting the genius investor up <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/02/warren-buffetts-advice-to-lebron-james.html"><span>for advice</span></a>. And in 2006, he set up an investment company named LRMR Marketing, and began structuring clever deals that included both cash and equity. (For example, his equity stake scored him <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14314807/lebron-james-signs-life-deal-nike"><span>at least $30 million</span></a> when Apple acquired Beats headphones.)</span></p>
<p><span>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s impossible to get to a billion dollars by endorsement deals,&rdquo; Maverick Carter, James&rsquo; longtime friend and LRMR partner, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/10/news/companies/lebron-billionaire/"><span>told CNNMoney</span></a>. &ldquo;The biggest deals only take you so far. It&rsquo;s how you make money when you&rsquo;re asleep that&rsquo;s going to get you there.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span><strong>The lesson:</strong> It&rsquo;s not your regular paycheck or side gig that&rsquo;s likely to make you rich&mdash;but your investments and other <a href="https://grow.acorns.com/2016/06/6-ways-to-make-legit-money-while-you-sleep/"><span>passive income streams</span></a> you create for yourself.</span></p></p>
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<p><h2><span><strong>Marshawn Lynch</strong></span></h2>
<p><span>Marshawn Lynch spent the last several years as the running back NFL defenders hated to tackle. It wasn&rsquo;t uncommon to see him carrying three, four, even five players for several yards down the field&mdash;and he largely carried the Seattle Seahawks to its first ever Super Bowl win in 2014. But his bruising style almost guaranteed an early retirement for the superstar&mdash;and sure enough, the man they call &ldquo;Beast Mode&rdquo; announced this offseason he would hang up his cleats at age 29.</span></p>
<p><span>How can Lynch be confident that his earnings can support him long-term? While he <a href="http://www.si.com/longform/big-interview/marshawn-lynch/index.html?xid=si_social"><span>recently debunked</span></a> reports suggesting he&rsquo;s <em>never</em> spent a dime of his nearly $50 million NFL earnings, it&rsquo;s clear he&rsquo;s prioritized financial stability.</span></p>
<p><span>&ldquo;If you came from eatin&rsquo; cereal with roaches in it before&hellip;you wouldn&rsquo;t want to do that again, right?&rdquo; Lynch asked Sports Illustrated&rsquo;s Jon Wertheim in a <a href="http://www.si.com/longform/big-interview/marshawn-lynch/index.html?xid=si_social"><span>recent interview</span></a>. &ldquo;Once you&rsquo;ve seen the lowest of the low, you don&rsquo;t want to go back.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span>His strategy for hanging onto his cash is simple: &ldquo;He lives like he&rsquo;s broke&hellip;He still lives like, &lsquo;Cuz, let me get $10.&rsquo; &lsquo;Oooh, $10? Cuz, I don&rsquo;t know. I don&rsquo;t got it right now. How much is them? Oooh, $40? No, let me get the $15 ones,&rsquo;&rdquo; Lynch&rsquo;s cousin, rapper Mistah F.A.B., <a href="http://www.complex.com/sports/2016/06/marshawn-lynch-cheap-mistah-fab"><span>explained</span></a>. &ldquo;[But] it&rsquo;s a beauty because he shows us how to save money, how to keep things going, and he&rsquo;s a symbol of hope for us.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span><strong>The lesson:</strong> Don&rsquo;t spend money if you don&rsquo;t have to&mdash;even if you can afford it.</span></p></p>
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Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:21:00 -0400Emmett Knowlton
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<p>Ronda Rousey will make her return to the octagon on December 30 at UFC 207 in Las Vegas, UFC boss Dana White officially announced on Colin Cowherd's FS1 show Wednesday. Rousey will fight 135-pound titleholder Amanda Nunez.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"The thing that everybody has been waiting for for a good year, Ronda Rousey is back," White <a href="http://mmajunkie.com/2016/10/ex-champ-ronda-rousey-returns-for-title-fight-with-amanda-nunes-at-ufc-207-1">said</a>. "She will fight Dec. 30 for the title."</p>
<p>Rousey has not competed since her stunning upset loss to Holly Holm in December.&nbsp;Rousey said that she felt&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-thought-about-killing-herself-2016-2">suicidal after losing.</a></p>
<p>Despite her long absence, Rousey is still one of the top-ranked bantamweights in UFC. Nunez, meanwhile, is currently the titleholder after dominating Miesha Tate at UFC 200 in July.&nbsp;</p>
<p>"The thing is Ronda Rousey has been the biggest, baddest female fighter on the planet now since we got into women&rsquo;s fighting," White <a href="http://mmajunkie.com/2016/10/ex-champ-ronda-rousey-returns-for-title-fight-with-amanda-nunes-at-ufc-207-1">said</a>. "Ronda had a bad loss, obviously, and lost her title, but she&rsquo;s still Ronda Rousey at the end of the day. When you talk about bad matchups for Ronda, it&rsquo;s just about Ronda coming back. Everybody wins or loses. It happens."</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nick-kyrgios-tanked-a-match-for-absolutely-no-reason-2016-10" >21-year-old Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios got into an argument with a fan and blatantly tanked a match</a></strong></p>
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Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:15:49 -0400Lara O'Reilly
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/577683ba4321f11b008b585e-2400/gettyimages-461006908.jpg" alt="ufc jone cormier" data-mce-source="Steve Marcus/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones punches at Daniel Comier during the UFC 182 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 3, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada."></p><p>The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is preparing for its Super Bowl moment.</p>
<p>International Fight Week is just around the corner, building up to UFC 200, which takes place on July 9.</p>
<p>The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is playing host to some huge fights, including current champion Daniel Cormier and former champion Jon Jones' rematch, WWE star Brock Lesnar versus Mark Hunt in the heavyweight division, and Cat Zingano and Julianna Pena fighting to win the women's bantamweight bout.</p>
<p>Garry Cook, UFC's chief brand officer, told Business Insider UFC 200 represents the culmination of 20 years of work, building from a small fight promotions company to mixed martial arts becoming the world's fastest-growing sport, and the UFC brand gaining reach of 1.1 billion households worldwide.</p>
<p>Cook thinks the "seminal moment" that got UFC to where it stands today was the launch of "The Ultimate Fighter" US reality TV show, which first aired on Spike TV in 2005. It ran for 22 seasons and now it is airing in Japan.</p>
<h2>Ronda Rousey enabled UFC to redefine the word "fighting" — and she's going to be back very soon</h2>
<p>He also extends a lot of thanks to Ronda Rousey, the former UFC women's bantamweight champion, who went 12 fights undefeated before suffering a surprising loss to Holly Holm in November. The first female UFC star, Rousey has gone on to be a Sports Illustrated cover model, has hosted "Saturday Night Live," is the highest-paid athlete in UFC, and was the eight highest-paid female athlete from any sport in 2015, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/baileybrautigan/2015/10/20/breaking-down-how-much-ronda-rousey-gets-paid/#3768898c2c97">according to Forbes</a>.</p>
<p>Cook said Rousey changed the landscape of women in sport. And she also helped move UFC's fanbase from hardcore fight fans to a mainstream global audience.</p>
<p><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/55bf8318371d22c6178bacca-1200/rsz_ronda_rousey.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Matthew Stockman/Getty Images">"We have a very strong male audience that wants to watch Ronda Rousey and, if you look at the history of sport and women in sport, that hasn't necessarily been the same, whether you look at women's soccer, or women's basketball — tennis is probably more similar on a sort of gender equity basis — we have seen that the audience for Ronda Rousey is strongly male and I think what it has done is it has heightened our ability to take UFC and the equity it has built across the audience and has enabled us to redefine the word 'fighting'," Cook said.</p>
<p>Not only is Rousey a proven fighter, but she lost her father to suicide when she was 8-years-old. In her words, she has "always been fighting," Cook explained.</p>
<p>Cook added: "We are rolling out our social responsibility agenda under the term 'We Are All Fighters' and she is a massive ambassador and changing the way people think about women in sport and she is, of course, one of the great athletes of our time."<img src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/56c33fea2e5265b8008b74d8-1200/gettyimages-497205910.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Quinn Rooney/Getty Images"></p>
<p>Unfortunately, for UFC, Rousey is currently out of action, having suffered a mouth injury <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-thought-about-killing-herself-2016-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">during her stunning head-kick knockout loss to Holm in November</a>. Rousey also said she was so upset about losing, <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-thought-about-killing-herself-2016-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">she even contemplated suicide</a>.</p>
<p>Cook said of Rousey's return: "We are in those discussions now and we have a very clear plan for Rhonda, so I think the fans are going to be very, very excited ... we have our 200 event in July, Conor McGregor will be fighting in 202, we have our [first ever] New York event in 205 [at Madison Square Garden], so you will see Ronda feature in one of those. One of the things that becomes really enticing for the fan, I think, is that anticipation of 'when'."</p>
<h2>How UFC deals with complaints that it is barbaric</h2>
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<p>As UFC continues to grow its global audience, it is also expanding the amount of commercial partners it works with.</p>
<p>It has signed big deals with companies like EA Sports, which has produced a popular UFC video game, Bud Light, and Harley Davidson. <a href="http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/us/ufc-ceo-heres-how-we-made-half-a-billion-last-year/vi-BBnZrI1">The company said it generated $600 million in revenue last year</a>, thanks in a small part to these commercial partnerships. Pay-per-view is its biggest revenue source, then there are also media rights, digital subscriptions, ticket sales, and merchandise.</p>
<p>But Cook admits UFC is "not for everybody" and agrees that one of its biggest challenges is convincing people — commercial partners and audiences alike — that the sport isn't barbaric.</p>
<p>He said: "I think what we are trying to do, and do a good job of, is educating people and making people aware of what the truth is. We do a lot of that through the eyes of the athletes. The athletes don't see it as barbaric; they see it as strategic. The athletes don't see it as violent; they see it as combat sport. I think sometimes, if we look at it through the lens of a different generation, and what they think of it versus the next generation and the athletes that are involved in it, we get two very different views. It's our job to continually work to educate."</p>
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/533eab5fecad04871d2dbf23-851/screen%20shot%202014-04-04%20at%208.51.50%20am.png" alt="Brock Lesnar" data-mce-source="YouTube/WWE">Part of that education drive has involved work with other popular sports and entertainment vehicles. For example, UFC is hosting WWE stars Brock Lesnar and CM Punk at its upcoming events. Previously, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQMJAPSjeUA">Ronda Rousey has also made a surprise, brief appearance in the WWE ring</a>.</p>
<p>Speaking to Business Insider earlier this month, WWE chief brand officer Stephanie McMahon said allowing Lesnar to fight in UFC 200 was a "really special case" and that WWE would not be supporting the fight with any promotional activity. We put this to Cook.</p>
<p>Cook said: "Mrs McMahon has every right to have her view on how she wants to protect the WWE brand, and I fully respect that. We have done some cross-promotional activities [before] and we can choose to do more if we wish to pay for it [such as paying for advertising around WWE TV broadcasts] and there's nothing wrong with either of those scenarios because they are commercial propositions. You can always buy media, right?</p>
<h2>"Maybe one day it'll become an Olympic sport"</h2>
<p>Another way UFC hopes to improve understanding about the sport is through its 200,000 square foot performance center in Las Vegas. What began as a health center for its own athletes has become home to other sports stars looking to improve their fitness.<img class="float_left" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/577682814321f1f9148b5607-1200/screen%20shot%202016-07-01%20at%203.46.27%20pm.png" alt="garry cook" data-mce-source="UFC" data-mce-caption="Garry Cook, UFC chief global brand officer."></p>
<p>Everyone from the Detroit Pistons, to the New Jersey Devils, to Red Bull Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo have popped by, using mixed martial arts techniques to become stronger physically and mentally.</p>
<p>Cook says it's a sign that UFC is becoming a mainstream, respected sport. </p>
<p>"Maybe one day it'll become an Olympic sport," Cook said.</p>
<p>On that front, he admits there is a lot of work still to do. While UFC is the commercial entity, an International Mixed Martial Arts Federation is being developed to hold discussions with governments across the world.</p>
<p>"We have a long way to go in that space and we are fully cognizant of that. However, I can see a day because as we know, it goes back to one of our maxims — 'the fans will decide' — and if people want to watch that sport, they will do that the same way as they wanted to watch snowboarding, skateboarding, and golf now in the Olympics. If people want to watch, we should always be cognizant of that and we should provide access for them whenever possible," Cook said.</p>
<p>"Our past is unforgettable, we are undeniable, and I think we are relatively unstoppable," he added. </p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/wwe-stephanie-mcmahon-interview-2016-6" >WWE's chief brand officer Stephanie McMahon tells us the 3 magic qualities of a superstar and reveals her favorite wrestler of all time</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 14 Jun 2016 10:44:00 -0400Bob Sullivan
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<p>As Steph Curry and LeBron James duke it out in the NBA finals, there can only be one winner. Actually, scratch that. They <em>both</em> win&hellip;in their bank accounts. That might sound obvious&mdash;Curry is reportedly worth <a href="http://moneynation.com/stephen-curry-earnings-salary-and-net-worth/">$27 million</a> and James, <a href="http://moneynation.com/lebron-james-net-worth/">$223 million</a>&mdash;but it&rsquo;s not.</p>
<p>There are plenty of examples of <a href="https://grow.acorns.com/2016/06/fame-and-finances-lessons-from-stars-good-and-bad-money-moves/">stars making millions and squandering it all</a>: Mike Tyson, for one, famously declared bankruptcy after earning <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/05/sports/tyson-s-bankruptcy-is-a-lesson-in-ways-to-squander-a-fortune.html">$400 million</a>. Vin Baker earned $100 million playing basketball, and was last seen working at a <a href="http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/four-time-nba-all-star-vin-baker-is-working-at-starbucks">Starbucks</a>. And by one estimate, nearly 80 percent of former NFL players <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2012/10/02/162162226/espns-broke-looks-at-the-many-ways-athletes-lose-their-money">end up in dire financial straits</a> two years after retirement.</p>
<p>So it&rsquo;s far from guaranteed that rich athletes stay rich, which means there&rsquo;s a lot to learn from how financially savvy pros like these 10 standouts handle their money.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-your-credit-score-can-impact-your-life-2016-5" >7 ways your credit score can affect your life</a></strong></p>
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<p><h2><span><strong>Steph Curry</strong></span></h2>
<p><span>This two-time NBA MVP is wildly popular for many reasons&mdash;hitting a <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2016/4/15/11437346/steph-curry-golden-state-warriors-3-point-record"><span>record 402 three-pointers</span></a> this year helps&mdash;but chiefly because his stardom was far from certain: The guard played for Davidson instead of a big-name college, and was later dramatically pilfered as an endorser from <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15047018/how-nike-lost-stephen-curry-armour"><span>Nike by Under Armour for a mere $4 million</span></a>. (Though some analysts think he&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/steph-curry-worth-14-billion-to-under-armour-2016-3"><span>worth $14 billion</span></a> to the clothing company now.)</span></p>
<p><span>But true to his image, he&rsquo;s remained grounded&mdash;and doesn&rsquo;t complain that his &ldquo;modest&rdquo; $11 million annual salary makes him the fifth-highest Golden State Warriors player. Before signing his four-year contract in 2012, he carefully weighed his options: Pass, go into free agency and hope old injuries wouldn&rsquo;t end his career, or sign, become a star and write his own ticket.</span></p>
<p><span>&ldquo;I could&rsquo;ve had a different perspective and said, &lsquo;I want to get everything that I could get, wait it out, test free agency that next year&rsquo;&mdash;and who knows what would&rsquo;ve happened? For me, a $44 million contract was plenty for me to be able to provide for my family,&rdquo; <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-stephen-curry-makes-his-daily-peace-with-a-contract-unfit-for-the-mvp-014857274.html"><span>Curry told Yahoo Sports</span></a>.</span></p>
<p><span>Since then, Curry&rsquo;s made other key financial moves. In September 2015, his Under Armour deal <a href="http://www.si.com/nba/2015/09/16/under-armour-stephen-curry-contract-equity-stake"><span>was extended</span></a> to 2024 and includes an equity stake in the company&mdash;which was probably his smartest shot yet.</span></p>
<p><span><strong>The lesson:</strong> Play the long game. Pay your dues today to further your career (and plump up your bank account) tomorrow. Case in point: By some estimates, Curry&rsquo;s poised to sign a new contract next year that&rsquo;s worth <a href="http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2015/08/25/stephen-curry-harrison-barnes-and-the-warriors-realistic-negotiations-the-timetables-market-prices-and-cap-issues/"><span>$30 million per season</span></a>.</span></p></p>
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<p><h2><span><strong>LeBron James</strong></span></h2>
<p><span>This athlete needs no introduction, but here&rsquo;s something you might not know: James signed a lifetime deal with Nike last year initially thought to be worth $500 million. Yet insiders suggest that <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/cavaliers/2015/12/08/lebron-james-nike-lifetime-deal-500-million/77007118/"><span>figure is actually <em>too low</em></span></a><em>. </em>The truth is that James is a multi-million-dollar business who just happens to play basketball. And he has his sights firmly set on becoming a billionaire.</span></p>
<p><span>James has always been a different kind of athlete. He cracked into the NBA as a teenager, skipping college and, from early on, displayed great business acumen. In his early 20s, he befriended Warren Buffett, hitting the genius investor up <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/02/warren-buffetts-advice-to-lebron-james.html"><span>for advice</span></a>. And in 2006, he set up an investment company named LRMR Marketing, and began structuring clever deals that included both cash and equity. (For example, his equity stake scored him <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14314807/lebron-james-signs-life-deal-nike"><span>at least $30 million</span></a> when Apple acquired Beats headphones.)</span></p>
<p><span>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s impossible to get to a billion dollars by endorsement deals,&rdquo; Maverick Carter, James&rsquo; longtime friend and LRMR partner, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/10/news/companies/lebron-billionaire/"><span>told CNNMoney</span></a>. &ldquo;The biggest deals only take you so far. It&rsquo;s how you make money when you&rsquo;re asleep that&rsquo;s going to get you there.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span><strong>The lesson:</strong> It&rsquo;s not your regular paycheck or side gig that&rsquo;s likely to make you rich&mdash;but your investments and other <a href="https://grow.acorns.com/2016/06/6-ways-to-make-legit-money-while-you-sleep/"><span>passive income streams</span></a> you create for yourself.</span></p></p>
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<p><h2><span><strong>Marshawn Lynch</strong></span></h2>
<p><span>Marshawn Lynch spent the last several years as the running back NFL defenders hated to tackle. It wasn&rsquo;t uncommon to see him carrying three, four, even five players for several yards down the field&mdash;and he largely carried the Seattle Seahawks to its first ever Super Bowl win in 2014. But his bruising style almost guaranteed an early retirement for the superstar&mdash;and sure enough, the man they call &ldquo;Beast Mode&rdquo; announced this offseason he would hang up his cleats at age 29.</span></p>
<p><span>How can Lynch be confident that his earnings can support him long-term? While he <a href="http://www.si.com/longform/big-interview/marshawn-lynch/index.html?xid=si_social"><span>recently debunked</span></a> reports suggesting he&rsquo;s <em>never</em> spent a dime of his nearly $50 million NFL earnings, it&rsquo;s clear he&rsquo;s prioritized financial stability.</span></p>
<p><span>&ldquo;If you came from eatin&rsquo; cereal with roaches in it before&hellip;you wouldn&rsquo;t want to do that again, right?&rdquo; Lynch asked Sports Illustrated&rsquo;s Jon Wertheim in a <a href="http://www.si.com/longform/big-interview/marshawn-lynch/index.html?xid=si_social"><span>recent interview</span></a>. &ldquo;Once you&rsquo;ve seen the lowest of the low, you don&rsquo;t want to go back.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span>His strategy for hanging onto his cash is simple: &ldquo;He lives like he&rsquo;s broke&hellip;He still lives like, &lsquo;Cuz, let me get $10.&rsquo; &lsquo;Oooh, $10? Cuz, I don&rsquo;t know. I don&rsquo;t got it right now. How much is them? Oooh, $40? No, let me get the $15 ones,&rsquo;&rdquo; Lynch&rsquo;s cousin, rapper Mistah F.A.B., <a href="http://www.complex.com/sports/2016/06/marshawn-lynch-cheap-mistah-fab"><span>explained</span></a>. &ldquo;[But] it&rsquo;s a beauty because he shows us how to save money, how to keep things going, and he&rsquo;s a symbol of hope for us.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span><strong>The lesson:</strong> Don&rsquo;t spend money if you don&rsquo;t have to&mdash;even if you can afford it.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/money-lessons-from-professional-athletes-worth-millions-2016-6#/#-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/how-mixed-martial-arts-killed-boxing-2016-3This is how mixed martial arts killed boxinghttp://www.businessinsider.com/how-mixed-martial-arts-killed-boxing-2016-3
Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:04:00 -0500Jenny Flinn
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/55bf9049371d2212008bc2ec-945-709/rsz_ronda_rousey.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Matthew Stockman/Getty Images" /></p><p>UFC fighters Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey are becoming household names and Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, is rapidly making the move from minority to mainstream sport.</p>
<p>Although MMA only emerged in the 1990s, its growth has been, quite simply, phenomenal; it is currently one of the fastest growing sports in the world. According to <a href="https://www.sfia.org/reports/315_2015-Sports,-Fitness,-and-Leisure-Activities-Topline-Participation-Report">a recent report</a>, MMA is second only to adventure racing when it comes to growing participation, recording a 19.5% increase since 2013.</p>
<p>While viewing figures are still to be released for the recent UFC 196 <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/mar/05/ufc-196-live-conor-mcgregor-nate-diaz-holly-holm-miesha-tate">McGregor v Diaz fight</a> in March &ndash; in which Irishman McGregor was defeated by a rear naked choke hold in the second round (after previously beating Jose Aldo <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ufc/article-3357981/Conor-McGregor-beats-Jose-Aldo-13-SECONDS-UFC-194-claim-featherweight-title.html">in just 13 seconds</a>) &ndash; it was widely anticipated that this would be the highest selling pay-per-view bout in UFC history. The <a href="http://mmapayout.com/2016/03/ufc-196-payout-perspective/">pre-fight press conference</a> alone attracted over 2.9m views and despite his defeat, McGregor still made history as <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/3/7/11173234/ufc-196-salaries-conor-mcgregor-earns-ufcs-first-million-dollar-purse">the first UFC fighter to earn US$1m</a> for the fight (Diaz earned US$500,000).</p>
<p>The rise of women&rsquo;s MMA has also been dramatic. Having only introduced women&rsquo;s divisions in 2012, UFC has also massively grown the popularity of WMMA. Ronda Rousey is still one of the sport&rsquo;s most bankable athletes, despite suffering <a href="http://www.mmamania.com/2015/11/15/9733858/ufc-193-results-recap-ronda-rousey-vs-holly-holm-fight-review-analysis-knockout-mma">a shock defeat</a> to Holly Holm in UFC 193 in November 2015. Holm was herself <a href="http://www.mmamania.com/2016/3/6/11164004/ufc-196-results-recap-holly-holm-vs-miesha-tate-fight-review-analysis-womens-mma?_ga=1.237974848.1994003473.1457428280">beaten by Miesha Tate</a> at UFC 196, also with a rear naked choke.</p>
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<p>In spite of its phenomenal growth many people remain unclear as to what MMA actually involves. This is perhaps unsurprising given the rapid transformations that the sport has undergone within a relatively short time period.</p>
<p>Often referred to as &ldquo;ultimate fighting&rdquo; or &ldquo;cage fighting&rdquo; (a term despised by anyone involved in the sport), MMA is essentially a combination of bare-handed oriental martial arts and Western combat sports involving combinations of standing and striking techniques along with grappling and fighting on the ground. This can involve techniques of muay thai, Brazillian Jiu Jitsu, kickboxing and submission wrestling, with many participants also drawing on a variety of martial arts such as judo, savate or sambo, often depending on their country of origin. Everything martial arts goes, with many fans drawn to its incredible mix of athleticism and risk.</p>
<h3>Raw beginnings</h3>
<p>While MMA has links to the Portuguese sport of Vale Tudo (&ldquo;anything goes&rdquo; established in the 1930s) and the English No Holds Barred (NHB) contests of the 1990s, its emergence as a sport in its own right can be largely attributed to the American promotion of the <a href="http://uk.ufc.com/">Ultimate Fighting Championship</a> (UFC).</p>
<p><img class="center" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/567b11aee6183edf2e8b4877-2667-2000/gettyimages-501168100.jpg" alt="conor mcgregor" data-mce-source="Steve Marcus/Stringer/Getty Images" />The first ever UFC event took place in 1993 after business executive Art Davie proposed the idea of an eight-man single elimination tournament to screenwriter and director John Milius and Rorion Gracie of the famous <a href="http://www.gracieacademy.com/">Gracie Jiu Jitsu</a> family (founders of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu">Brazilian Jiu Jitsu</a>). The idea was picked up by Semaphor Entertainment Group and the first event took place in Denver, Colarado &ndash; a state that had no boxing commission, meaning that there was no legal way to regulate the fight. With no weight categories or time limits, and only strikes to the crotch and throat and eye gouging forbidden, MMA was a complete rejection of amateur combat styles.</p>
<p>Initially, the UFC focused on pitting fighters from different martial arts backgrounds against each other in order to determine which martial art was superior. MMA was not considered a sport, merely a fighting contest that offered a montage of different combat sports, under new rules of engagement.</p>
<p>Despite initially drawing relatively significant TV audiences (the first UFC competition drew a <a href="http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&amp;context=flapubs">pay-per-view audience of 86,592</a>) throughout the early 1990s, the UFC struggled to survive because of negative public perceptions of its brutality and high levels of violence. Arizona senator John McCain famously referred to MMA as <a href="http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/haymaker/ufc-has-grown-on-one-time-enemy-mccain-020414">&ldquo;human cockfighting&rdquo;</a> and was successful in getting MMA banned in all but three states in the US.</p>
<p>Having struggled considerably through the 1990s, the UFC brand was sold to <a href="http://ufc.wiki.usfca.edu/Zuffa+LLC.">Zuffa LLC</a> in 2001 and MMA as we now know it began to emerge. This included <a href="http://www.ufc.com/discover/sport/rules-and-regulations">new rules</a> to make MMA more acceptable and appealing to a wider audience. These included new weight classes, rounds, time limits, a list of over 31 fouls and eight possible ways for a fight to end.</p>
<p>This &ldquo;civilization&rdquo; offered an element of legitimacy to MMA. There was also now a recognition that certain styles of martial arts were susceptible to the strengths of others and rather than pitting different disciplines against each other, the prowess of individual fighters using all styles was promoted. All of these factors allowed MMA to be recognized as a proper sport.</p>
<h3><img class="center" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/53c790f0ecad04be4fa32dc0-2288-1716/cockfighting.jpg" alt="Cockfighting" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya" />Aggressive promotion</h3>
<p>So what is it about MMA that makes the sport so attractive? There are many factors but it could be argued that the media has played a central role in shaping the sport and stimulating its growth. While the development of most sports has been driven by the athletes and a governing body, MMA is essentially a media sport developed to appeal to mass audiences and deliver profit to the organizations behind it.</p>
<p>There is no doubt that the UFC has driven MMA into the mainstream, utilizing an <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2128108-examining-the-ufcs-strategy-of-global-expansion-and-media-negativity">aggressive strategy</a> to bring the sport to new markets.</p>
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<p>Like boxing before it, MMA promotes the cult of personality, with fighters <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ufc/article-3437803/Conor-McGregor-nightmares-m-finished-vows-Rafael-dos-Anjos.html">trash talking opponents</a>, and the theatrical design of the octagon (though also a key safety feature for fighters) adding to the drama and spectacle. Despite this spectacle and the increasing sums of money involved, MMA is also still marketed as rawer than boxing, which is seen as an establishment sport with its grand multi-million dollar promoted fights. Ultimately, however, it is perhaps the unpredictability of MMA &ndash; as exemplified by the recent shock defeats of some of its biggest stars &ndash; that makes it so appealing.</p>
<p><span><a href="http://theconversation.com/profiles/jenny-flinn-236716">Jenny Flinn</a>, Lecturer in Events Management, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/glasgow-caledonian-university">Glasgow Caledonian University</a></em></span></p>
<p>This article was originally published on <a href="http://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a>. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-rise-and-rise-of-ultimate-fighting-and-why-boxing-is-now-so-passe-55910">original article</a>.</p>
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Sun, 21 Feb 2016 19:09:00 -0500Jethro Nededog
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/56c73f0e2e5265b7008b8363-1200-900/getty images ronda rousey apology photo.jpg" alt="Getty Images ronda rousey apology photo" data-mce-source="Getty Images" /></p><p>Ronda Rousey has issued an apology for posting a Photoshopped image of herself.</p>
<p>The UFC fighter shared an&nbsp;image on Instagram after <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPEYTQ4flGc" target="_blank">appearing on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon"</a> earlier this week. It shows Rousey sitting in Fallon's guest seat looking slightly slimmer.</p>
<p><span>"I have to make an apology to everyone - I was sent a picture to share on social for Fallon that was altered without me knowing to make my arms look smaller," she wrote in a new Instagram post on Thursday evening, which shows the doctored&nbsp;photo side-by-side with the original.</span></p>
<p><span>She continued, "<span>I won't say by who - I know it was done with severely misplaced positive intentions - but this goes against everything I believe and I am extremely proud of every inch of my body. And I can assure you all it will never happen again. I could not be more appalled and hope you all forgive me."</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BB9LOYdBEVq/" target="_blank">I have to make an apology to everyone - I was sent a picture to share on social for Fallon that was altered without me knowing to make my arms look smaller. I won't say by who - I know it was done with severely misplaced positive intentions - but this goes against everything I believe and I am extremely proud of every inch of my body. And I can assure you all it will never happen again. I could not be more appalled and hope you all forgive me🙏🏼</a></p>
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<p><span><span>The doctored photo contradicts the former UFC women's bantamweight champ's use of the word catchphrase, "Do nothing b---h," for what she&nbsp;refers to as&nbsp;<span>a female who &ldquo;tries to be pretty and be taken care of by someone else."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span>According to <a href="http://www.si.com/mma/2015/08/21/ufc-champion-ronda-rousey-catchphrase-trademark" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated</a>, Rousey filed to copyright the phrase and its abbreviation "DNB" in August.</span></span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/snl-host-ronda-rousey-made-sure-these-mean-girls-would-never-bully-the-new-girl-again-2016-1" >'SNL' host Ronda Rousey made sure these mean girls would never bully the new girl again</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-thought-about-killing-herself-2016-2" >Ronda Rousey: 'I was literally sitting there and thinking about killing myself' after loss to Holly Holm</a></strong></p>
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Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:24:37 -0500Jethro Nededog
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/56c73f0e2e5265b7008b8363-1200-900/getty images ronda rousey apology photo.jpg" alt="Getty Images ronda rousey apology photo" data-mce-source="Getty Images" /></p><p>Ronda Rousey has issued an apology for posting a Photoshopped image of herself.</p>
<p>The UFC fighter shared an&nbsp;image on Instagram after <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPEYTQ4flGc" target="_blank">appearing on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon"</a> earlier this week. It shows Rousey sitting in Fallon's guest seat looking slightly slimmer.</p>
<p><span>"I have to make an apology to everyone - I was sent a picture to share on social for Fallon that was altered without me knowing to make my arms look smaller," she wrote in a new Instagram post on Thursday evening, which shows the doctored&nbsp;photo side-by-side with the original.</span></p>
<p><span>She continued, "<span>I won't say by who - I know it was done with severely misplaced positive intentions - but this goes against everything I believe and I am extremely proud of every inch of my body. And I can assure you all it will never happen again. I could not be more appalled and hope you all forgive me."</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BB9LOYdBEVq/" target="_blank">I have to make an apology to everyone - I was sent a picture to share on social for Fallon that was altered without me knowing to make my arms look smaller. I won't say by who - I know it was done with severely misplaced positive intentions - but this goes against everything I believe and I am extremely proud of every inch of my body. And I can assure you all it will never happen again. I could not be more appalled and hope you all forgive me🙏🏼</a></p>
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<p><span><span>The doctored photo contradicts the former UFC women's bantamweight champ's use of the word catchphrase, "Do nothing b---h," for what she&nbsp;refers to as&nbsp;<span>a female who &ldquo;tries to be pretty and be taken care of by someone else."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span>According to <a href="http://www.si.com/mma/2015/08/21/ufc-champion-ronda-rousey-catchphrase-trademark" target="_blank">Sports Illustrated</a>, Rousey filed to copyright the phrase and its abbreviation "DNB" in August.</span></span></p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/snl-host-ronda-rousey-made-sure-these-mean-girls-would-never-bully-the-new-girl-again-2016-1" >'SNL' host Ronda Rousey made sure these mean girls would never bully the new girl again</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-thought-about-killing-herself-2016-2" >Ronda Rousey: 'I was literally sitting there and thinking about killing myself' after loss to Holly Holm</a></strong></p>
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Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:31:34 -0500Cork Gaines
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/56c33fea2e5265b8008b74d8-1200-728/gettyimages-497205910.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Quinn Rooney/Getty Images" /></p><p></p>
<p>Ronda Rousey made <a href="http://www.ellentv.com/" target="_blank">an appearance on "Ellen"</a> in her first extended television interview since being upset by Holly Holm and explained how the loss was even more devastating than most people realize.</p>
<p>When asked about how the fight impacted her, Ellen asked Rousey if there was a concern that she might be too hurt to ever fight again. That's when Rousey broke down into tears and revealed that the real impact of the fight was that she contemplated killing herself.</p>
<p>"In the medical room, I was down in the corner, I was sitting in the corner, and I was like 'what am I anymore if I am not this?'" Rousey told Ellen. "I was literally&nbsp;<span>sitting there and thinking about killing myself</span><span>, and that exact second I&rsquo;m like, 'I&rsquo;m nothing. What do I do anymore? And no one gives a s--- about me anymore without this.'"</span></p>
<p><span>Rousey goes on to explain, with a smile, that what snapped her out of it was seeing her partner, Travis, and thinking "I need to have his babies. I need to stay alive."</span></p>
<p><span>As far as the fight itself, Rousey also reveals that she was in trouble after the very first exchange, noting that she was "knocked out on my feet the first time I got hit."</span></p>
<p><span>Here are Rousey's comments. The thoughts on killing herself come at the 2:45 mark.</span></p>
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Sun, 24 Jan 2016 10:04:18 -0500Jethro Nededog
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/56a4e636c08a8017028bbfd9-671-503/snl%20ronda%20rousey%20love%20struck%20nbc.png" alt="snl ronda rousey love struck nbc" data-mce-source="NBC"></p><p>NBC's "Saturday Night Live" made good use of host Ronda Rousey's MMA fighting skills in a scene we've seen go down in some form in high school movies over and over, but this time with a new kick-ass ending.</p>
<p>Rousey played the school's new girl, who was invited on a date with the school's clueless BMOC Chad, played by Beck Bennett. Everything is so romantic, until Rousey eats her soup and discovers it's strangely crunchy.</p>
<p>It turns out the whole date was a high-production trick engineered by Chad's girlfriend (Vanessa Bayer, giving us full-on "Cruel Intentions'" Sarah Michelle Gellar).</p>
<p>"We played a trick on you, idiot," Bayer informs Rousey. "Did you really think that my boyfriend, the most popular guy at South Jaffrey High, would ask the weird, new girl on a date? Wake up."</p>
<p>But as Bayer continues her very lengthy mean girls speech, Rousey doesn't use any words. She uses punches and kicks.</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/56a4e65cc08a809b088bbfdd-566-258/snl%20rounda%20rousey%20mean%20girls%20sketch%20nbc.gif" alt="snl rounda rousey mean girls sketch nbc" data-mce-source="NBC"></p>
<p>She even had a little left over for Chad.</p>
<p><strong>Watch Rousey take on the bullies on "SNL" below:</strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/snl-host-ronda-rousey-made-sure-these-mean-girls-would-never-bully-the-new-girl-again-2016-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/snl-produced-spoof-star-wars-ad-saturday-night-live-2015-12">'SNL' produced a perfect spoof ad making fun of adult 'Star Wars' nerds</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-career-crashes-of-2015-2015-12The 15 biggest career crashes of 2015http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-career-crashes-of-2015-2015-12
Sat, 02 Jan 2016 14:00:00 -0500Rachel Gillett
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5682d042c08a80880e8b57b7-1400-1050/career crashes 2015.jpg" alt="career crashes 2015" data-mce-source="AP, NBC News/Anthony Quintano, Getty Images" /></p><p>Plenty of people resolve to jump-start their careers in&nbsp;the new year. For some, this resolution is more of a necessity&nbsp;than lip service.</p>
<p>Here are 15 high-profile people (and teams) whose careers or reputations took a big hit in 2015. While we expect many to bounce back, others may never recover.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bad-habits-that-are-killing-your-productivity-2015-12" >13 bad habits you should break in 2016 to be more productive</a></strong></p>
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<h3>Former pharma CEO Martin Shkreli</h3>
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<p><p><span>The former hedge fund manager</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/turing-increases-price-of-darapim-2015-9"><span>took a lot of heat</span></a><span> in September after he jacked up the price of a critical antiparasitic drug by more than 5,000%, from $13.50 a tablet to $750. </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/turing-plans-to-cut-daraprim-price-2015-11"><span>The controversial move prompted</span></a><span> anger from Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, legislators to call Shkreli to Washington to explain his business practices, and a bipartisan senate investigation into price increases across the pharmaceutical industry.</span></p>
<p><span>Shkreli </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-shkreli-arrested-on-securities-fraud-charges-2015-12"><span>made news again</span></a><span> in December when he was arrested by the FBI on charges of securities fraud related to events that happened while he was managing hedge funds. Following his arrest, Shkreli </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-shkreli-is-reportedly-about-to-be-out-as-turing-ceo-2015-12"><span>resigned </span></a><span>as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/21/martin-shkreli-fired-as-ceo-of-kalobios-pharmaceuticals.html">was fired</a> as CEO of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-shkreli-out-on-5-million-bond-2015-12"><span>He has pleaded not guilty to charges and is out</span></a><span> on $5 million bond.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle</h3>
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<p><p><span>Federal authorities raided Fogle's Indiana home in July as part of a child-pornography investigation. Hours later, Subway announced that the company and Fogle "mutually agreed to suspend their relationship." The company severed all ties with Fogle and </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-fogle-is-reportedly-planning-to-plead-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges-2015-8"><span>scrubbed every mention</span></a><span> of him&nbsp;from its website and stores.</span></p>
<p><span><span>In November, Fogle</span> </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-fogle-sentencing-2015-11"><span>pleaded guilty</span></a><span> to charges involving at least 14 girls and boys under the age of 18 and was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for possession and distribution of child pornography and traveling across state lines for sex with a minor.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Former president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP Rachel Dolezal</h3>
<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5682ce5dc08a80ae2f8b49d8-400-300/former-president-of-the-spokane-chapter-of-the-naacp-rachel-dolezal.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><span>The prominent civil-rights leader made headlines in June when her parents told media outlets in the Spokane area that, though Dolezal identified herself as white, black, and Native American in public appearances and on applications, her family's ancestry consists of Czech, Swedish, and German with traces of Native American heritage.</span></p>
<p><span>Dolezal</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-naacp-leader-who-was-recently-outed-as-white-says-she-identifies-as-black-2015-6"><span>told "Today"</span></a><span> that she started identifying as black when she was 5 years old, noting that at the time she drew self-portraits with a brown crayon instead of a peach crayon.</span></p>
<p><span>Less than a week after the news broke, </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-civil-rights-leader-pretending-to-be-black-just-resigned-2015-6"><span>Dolezal announced her resignation</span></a><span> from the NAACP, writing in a lengthy Facebook post that her decision to step down had been influenced by the "unexpected shift" in dialogue to her "personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity."</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-career-crashes-of-2015-2015-12#/#suspended-fifa-president-sepp-blatter-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-career-crashes-of-2015-2015-12The 15 biggest career crashes of 2015http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-career-crashes-of-2015-2015-12
Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:10:00 -0500Rachel Gillett
<p><img src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5682d042c08a80880e8b57b7-1400-1050/career crashes 2015.jpg" alt="career crashes 2015" data-mce-source="AP, NBC News/Anthony Quintano, Getty Images" /></p><p>Plenty of people resolve to jump-start their careers in&nbsp;the new year. For some, this resolution is more of a necessity&nbsp;than lip service.</p>
<p>Here are 15 high-profile people (and teams) whose careers or reputations took a big hit in 2015. While we expect many to bounce back, others may never recover.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bad-habits-that-are-killing-your-productivity-2015-12" >13 bad habits you should break in 2016 to be more productive</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>DON'T MISS:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-unhealthy-jobs-in-america-2015-11" >The 27 jobs that are most damaging to your health</a></strong></p>
<h3>Former pharma CEO Martin Shkreli</h3>
<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5601bbfabd86ef1e008bc43c-400-300/former-pharma-ceo-martin-shkreli.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><span>The former hedge fund manager</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/turing-increases-price-of-darapim-2015-9"><span>took a lot of heat</span></a><span> in September after he jacked up the price of a critical antiparasitic drug by more than 5,000%, from $13.50 a tablet to $750. </span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/turing-plans-to-cut-daraprim-price-2015-11"><span>The controversial move prompted</span></a><span> anger from Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, legislators to call Shkreli to Washington to explain his business practices, and a bipartisan senate investigation into price increases across the pharmaceutical industry.</span></p>
<p><span>Shkreli </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-shkreli-arrested-on-securities-fraud-charges-2015-12"><span>made news again</span></a><span> in December when he was arrested by the FBI on charges of securities fraud related to events that happened while he was managing hedge funds. Following his arrest, Shkreli </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-shkreli-is-reportedly-about-to-be-out-as-turing-ceo-2015-12"><span>resigned </span></a><span>as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/21/martin-shkreli-fired-as-ceo-of-kalobios-pharmaceuticals.html">was fired</a> as CEO of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals. </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-shkreli-out-on-5-million-bond-2015-12"><span>He has pleaded not guilty to charges and is out</span></a><span> on $5 million bond.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle</h3>
<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/55d4a9d72acae711008c1649-400-300/former-subway-spokesman-jared-fogle.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><span>Federal authorities raided Fogle's Indiana home in July as part of a child-pornography investigation. Hours later, Subway announced that the company and Fogle "mutually agreed to suspend their relationship." The company severed all ties with Fogle and </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-fogle-is-reportedly-planning-to-plead-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges-2015-8"><span>scrubbed every mention</span></a><span> of him&nbsp;from its website and stores.</span></p>
<p><span><span>In November, Fogle</span> </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-fogle-sentencing-2015-11"><span>pleaded guilty</span></a><span> to charges involving at least 14 girls and boys under the age of 18 and was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for possession and distribution of child pornography and traveling across state lines for sex with a minor.</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><h3>Former president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP Rachel Dolezal</h3>
<img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5682ce5dc08a80ae2f8b49d8-400-300/former-president-of-the-spokane-chapter-of-the-naacp-rachel-dolezal.jpg" alt="" />
<p><p><span>The prominent civil-rights leader made headlines in June when her parents told media outlets in the Spokane area that, though Dolezal identified herself as white, black, and Native American in public appearances and on applications, her family's ancestry consists of Czech, Swedish, and German with traces of Native American heritage.</span></p>
<p><span>Dolezal</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-naacp-leader-who-was-recently-outed-as-white-says-she-identifies-as-black-2015-6"><span>told "Today"</span></a><span> that she started identifying as black when she was 5 years old, noting that at the time she drew self-portraits with a brown crayon instead of a peach crayon.</span></p>
<p><span>Less than a week after the news broke, </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-civil-rights-leader-pretending-to-be-black-just-resigned-2015-6"><span>Dolezal announced her resignation</span></a><span> from the NAACP, writing in a lengthy Facebook post that her decision to step down had been influenced by the "unexpected shift" in dialogue to her "personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity."</span></p></p>
<br/><br/><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-career-crashes-of-2015-2015-12#/#suspended-fifa-president-sepp-blatter-4">See the rest of the story at Business Insider</a> http://www.businessinsider.com/holly-holms-manager-says-ronda-rousey-not-ready-for-rematch-2015-12Holly Holm's manager doesn't think Ronda Rousey will be ready for the rematch with Holmhttp://www.businessinsider.com/holly-holms-manager-says-ronda-rousey-not-ready-for-rematch-2015-12
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:19:48 -0500Scott Davis
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5669e90c72f2c14a008b4ba9-1005-754/ronda rousey.jpg" alt="ronda rousey" data-mce-source="Isaac Brekken/AP" /></p><p>Ronda Rousey has seven months to get over the first loss of her career.</p>
<p>After <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/holly-holm-beats-ronda-rousey-in-major-upset-2015-11">Rousey was knocked down by Holly Holm</a> for her first loss in 13&nbsp;fights, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ufc-dana-white-holly-holm-will-wait-ronda-rousey-20151209-story.html">UFC president Dana White told the LA Times</a> that Holms and Rousey will have a rematch in Las Vegas on July 9.</p>
<p>It'll be the next fight for both fighters.</p>
<p>However, for Rousey, there's some concern over the date because she took such a beating from Holm. Holm's manager, Lenny Fresquez, perhaps in a bit of trash-talk, told Lance Pugmire of the Times that he doesn't think that Rousey will be ready for a July rematch.</p>
<p>"I&rsquo;m not sure Ronda will be ready for a July fight," Fresquez told Pugmire. "She took a severe beating and I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s in her best interest to take the next fight so fast. They told me she&rsquo;s been ready and cleared, but...."</p>
<p>Rousey took several hard punches and one brutal kick to the face in the fight. <a href="http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/espnwrousey/in-exclusive-interview-ronda-rousey-says-not-losing-holly-holm">As ESPN's Ramona Shelburne noted</a> in a profile of Rousey, she still has stitches in her lip dissolving and several of her teeth are unstable. Rousey told Shelburne, "It might be three to six months before I can eat an apple, let alone take an impact."</p>
<p>Fresquez reportedly wanted Holm to fight Miesha Tate, a challenger who has won four fights in a row, in the meantime, citing the need to stay active. Clearly, UFC wants the rematch to happen first.</p>
<p>White told Pugmire, "Ronda is the fiercest competitor I have ever met in my life and she&rsquo;s also very proud. What made the world love Ronda is that Ronda absolutely 100% knew she was not going to lose. &hellip; People rallied around this powerful female figure.&nbsp;Ronda&rsquo;s never lost a fight. She will overcome it and be back."</p>
<p>Rousey sounds determined to beat Holm, telling Shelburne, "I need to beat this chick. Who knows if I'm going to pop my teeth out or break my jaw or rip my lip open."</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/holly-holms-manager-says-ronda-rousey-not-ready-for-rematch-2015-12#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/history-behind-sports-traditions-strange-soccer-football-basketball-hockey-racecar-driving-2015-11">The origins of the world’s strangest sports traditions</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/holly-holm-response-to-beating-ronda-rousey-2015-11Holly Holm had a classy response to beating Ronda Rouseyhttp://www.businessinsider.com/holly-holm-response-to-beating-ronda-rousey-2015-11
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:44:32 -0500Scott Davis
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/564ba77d2491f9c7018b5eea-1200-900/holly%20holm%20ufc.jpg" alt="holly holm ufc" data-mce-source="Andy Brownbill/AP"></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/holly-holm-beats-ronda-rousey-in-major-upset-2015-11">Holly Holm handed Ronda Rousey her first career loss</a> in UFC 193 last Saturday to become the new women’s bantamweight champion.</p>
<p>The stunning defeat had many people mocking Rousey, who, to put it lightly, has been boastful at times about her success.</p>
<p><a href="http://time.com/4116644/holly-holm-defends-ronda-rousey-ufc-champion/">As Time points out</a>, celebrities like Lady Gaga and Donald Trump all reveled in Rousey's loss.</p>
<p>However, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhSdanGdfFU">when asked about it by TMZ Sports</a>, Holm had a classy response about people piling on Rousey. While Holm still cherishes how she won, she doesn't want to pour it on Rousey, who has brought the sport to a new level.</p>
<p>"I don't want any of that to happen," Holm said about people mocking Rousey. "I do feel like I come from maybe a little more humble spot, but that's just because I don't wanna ever say, 'I'm this good' or 'I'm that' and then have something happen and look like a fool."</p>
<p>"Ronda's been a very dominant champ, and she's taken the sport to new levels. And this fight wouldn't have happened if she hasn't accomplished what she's accomplished. So I have a lot of respect for her."</p>
<p>Holm did admit, though, that she doesn't want to take away from her own dominant victory.</p>
<p>"Don't get me wrong, I don't wanna give away any bit of my victory," she said. "So I'll take it. I'll take the win, and I'll take that I did it dominantly. But that doesn't mean that I wish any harm on her, that doesn't mean that I wish any hate on her. I think people can be pretty brutal, and when you're in the spot she's in, there are people that are just gonna jump ship, and I don't ever wish for that."</p>
<p>Watch the interview segment below:</p>
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Sun, 15 Nov 2015 07:34:34 -0500Neil Frankland
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<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/564879d111231437018b53a8-1333-1000/ronda rousey holly holm ufc.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey Holly Holm UFC" data-mce-source="Quinn Rooney/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Ronda Rousey of the United States (L) and Holly Holm of the United States compete in their UFC women's bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia." />MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) &mdash; Ronda Rousey was the UFC's unstoppable force until Holly Holm used the former champion's aggression against her to produce one of the sport's biggest upsets.</p>
<p>Rousey chased Holm around the ring at UFC 193 on Sunday &mdash; looking for the right hold and taking head shots along the way &mdash; until Holm saw an opening 59 seconds into the second round and snapped a kick to the head that immediately dropped her more fancied opponent to the canvas.</p>
<p>Holm (10-0) jumped on the prone Rousey, delivering several blows to her head before the referee intervened, ending Rousey's 12-fight unbeaten run and handing Holm the bantamweight title.</p>
<p>An ecstatic Holm jumped around the ring while Rousey stayed on the canvas as she received medical treatment amid the roar of a stunned, record UFC crowd.</p>
<p>"She's won a lot of fights and imposed her will on a lot of fighters," Holm said. "So I expected her to be aggressive and impose her will on me.</p>
<p>"She had me on the cage for a minute and obviously she was trying in for a take down right there ... she had a lot of things she was trying so I'm just glad I put in the practice," she added.</p>
<p>Rousey, a former judo Olympian, was unbeaten through 12 UFC fights before meeting Holm, and a win would have been her seventh title defense. Instead, Holm, a 34-year-old veteran female boxer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, has the championship belt.</p>
<p>"We figured her aggression was coming, if it didn't that's OK, but with footwork and my career we figured she wouldn't give me that space," Holm said. "There's been a lot of blood, sweat and tears but it was all worth it."</p>
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<p>Rousey left the stadium to receive treatment for concussion and facial cuts at a nearby hospital after the loss and skipped the post-fight media conference.</p>
<p>"She was transported (to hospital) because she got knocked out," UFC chief Dana White said. "Obviously she's completely bummed out and depressed."</p>
<p>White said a rematch between Holm and Rousey made "a lot of sense" and would put other potential matchups on the backburner.</p>
<p>"Obviously we don't make fights the night of the fight, but the rematch makes a lot of sense," he said. "The rematch is what the people want to see."</p>
<p>In the other title bout, a bloodied Joanna Jedrzejczyk outlasted Valerie Letourneau to successfully defend her straw-weight belt in a five-round slugfest.</p>
<p>Jedrzejczyk (11-0) won a unanimous points decision over Letourneau (8-4) who offered the champion one of her tougher fights in some time.</p>
<p>The six-time Muay Thai world champion Jedrzejczyk started to pressure her opponent from the second round with some trademark, lightning-quick combinations to Letourneau's head, while forcing the challenger to keep her distance with some effective kicks.</p>
<p>Organizers announced a crowd of 56,214 at Melbourne's Etihad Stadium, which normally hosts Australian rules football matches. The mark eclipsed the 55,724 fans who attended UFC 129 at Toronto's Rogers Centre in 2011.</p>
<p>Rousey, 28, has taken UFC by storm since her debut in 2012 and her success has led to several movie projects as well the publishing of her autobiography.</p>
<p>But it was Holm's calm confidence and the manner of her win that attracted all the attention Sunday.</p>
<p>"Tonight was one of those moments," White said. "These are the moments in fighting that make it so crazy and so fun. Tonight was one of those moments."</p>
<p><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/56487b972491f9c12e8b5137-1333-1000/holly holm celebrates ufc belt.jpg" alt="Holly Holm Celebrates UFC Belt" data-mce-source="Quinn Rooney/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Holly Holm of the United States celebrates victory over Ronda Rousey of the United States in their UFC women's bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia." /></p>
<p>Holm, a former undisputed welterweight boxing champion, said the moment of her UFC title victory was "one of those moments that you live for."</p>
<p>"They're the scariest moments. This fight was a lot for me mentally," she added. "I couldn't tell you how many times I cried in the gym leading up to this fight.</p>
<p>"It's a lot to take in, but those kinds of fights are the ones where a loss is devastating but a win is that sweet of a victory."</p>
<p>White said that while most onlookers were shocked by Rousey's loss, he was not one of them.</p>
<p>"At the end of the day I made this fight. I said this was a good fight," he said. "Holly was the right fight. Ronda had never faced anybody who uses the range and distance the way she does.</p>
<p>"This woman has four times more fights than Ronda does. She's been a world champion," he said.</p>
<p>In other fights on the undercard, Mark Hunt of New Zealand (11-10-1) won his rematch with Brazil's Antonio Silva (19-8) by technical knockout after the referee stopped the feature heavyweight bout in the first round.</p>
<p>New Zealand-born Australian middleweight Robert Whittaker (16-4) earned a gutsy win on points over Uriah Hall (13-6), while Jared Rosholt (14-2) won a unanimous decision of towering Dutchman Stefan Struve (30-8) in a scrappy opening heavyweight bout of the main card.</p>
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Wed, 07 Oct 2015 15:28:13 -0400Travis Lyles
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/55c0cae0371d22ce178bc5ee-1108-831/rsz_gettyimages-464822614.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Harry How/Getty Images"></p><p>UFC champion Ronda Rousey is known for her 12-0 undefeated record, but more so for knocking out her opponents in lightning speed.</p>
<p>Her 2014 fight against Alexis Davis lasted 16 seconds. She followed that up with a match against Cat Zingano that spanned only 14 seconds.</p>
<p>Earlier this year when she finished off Bethe Correia, her most recent and arguably toughest opponent, in 34 seconds, people were impressed again. </p>
<p>During an interview with comedian Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" on Tuesday, Fallon asked Rousey about her illustrious career and her impressive knockouts. Rousey spoke on the length of her most recent fight, saying she was in no rush.</p>
<p>"I took my time," Rousey said. "It was longer than the other two combined."</p>
<p>Rousey said because of the way the fight was going, she could have opted to finish it even sooner.</p>
<p>"I could have finished it early because she went to the ground and she tried to close the distance," she said. "I could have thrown her. But I was like, 'no, you're getting knocked out tonight.' So it went 34 seconds."</p>
<p>Later in the interview, Rousey spoke about her upcoming November fight against Holly Holms, saying it would most likely take longer than the previous three.</p>
<p>"<span>This one’s going to be a much longer fight because she’s a 19-time world boxing champion with 100% takedown defense and head-kick knockouts,” said Rousey. <span>“She’s the type of fighter you have to be very, very patient with. I feel like she’s going to try to like keep distance and keep far away from me and get me frustrated until the point I make a mistake and she can try to kick me in the head, but it’s not going to go like that ... not the way she wants.”</span></span></p>
<p>Rousey added, "<span>She’s a nice chick. But she’s a nice chick who’s going to lose.”</span></p>
<p>No matter how many seconds her next bout is, it's guaranteed to be exciting.</p>
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Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:19:45 -0400Travis Lyles
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/55c0d08c371d22472c8ba655-3572-2381/gettyimages-482712810.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Getty Images/Matthew Stockman" data-link="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/ronda-rousey-of-the-united-states-defeats-bethe-correia-of-news-photo/482712810" /></p><p>Ronda Rousey won yet again this week when she was named to Forbes' <a href="http://fortune.com/40-under-40/">40 under 40</a> at the ripe age of 28.</p>
<p>The list is made up of mostly business-related minds and hosts names such as Jessica Alba and John Oliver.</p>
<p>After Rousey made the list, <a href="http://fortune.com/2015/09/25/ufc-ronda-rousey-11-things/?xid=soc_socialflow_twitter_FORTUNE">Forbes</a> asked her a bunch of questions about her life, including the best advice she's ever gotten.</p>
<p>Rousey said she has one piece of advice that she never forgets and takes everywhere she goes: <span>&ldquo;No one has the right to beat you,&rdquo; Rousey said, words of wisdom she first heard from her mother.</span></p>
<p><span><span>&ldquo;Someone has to be the best in the world. Why not you?"</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>She added, "That applies to fighting, writing, acting, business. I always try to keep that in mind."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>It seems to be working out for her. Rousey is <a href="http://espn.go.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2563796/ronda-rousey">12-0</a> in the UFC, and she has seen nothing but success over the course of her career. Many people even believe her to be the most dominate female athlete of all time.</span></span></span></p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/best-advice-ronda-rousey-has-ever-gotten-2015-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fear-the-walking-dead-zombies-amc-fantasy-2015-8">Science explains why we're obsessed with zombies and shows like 'Fear the Walking Dead'</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/tank-thinks-he-can-beat-ronda-rousey-2015-9Former UFC fighter says he'll pay Ronda Rousey $100,000 if she beats him in a fight — otherwise she'll need to 'make him a sandwich'http://www.businessinsider.com/tank-thinks-he-can-beat-ronda-rousey-2015-9
Wed, 23 Sep 2015 12:44:00 -0400Travis Lyles
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/55c0e3f7371d22ce178bc72d-1433-1075/359781.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Reebok" data-link="http://news.reebok.com/GLOBAL/Corporate/reebok-delivers-one-two-punch-signing-ufc-champions-ronda-rousey-and-jon-jones/s/cf1217b2-6862-4b23-9259-e76c502f4dee" /></p><p>Forget Floyd Mayweather, a possible new male contender for UFC champ/actress Ronda Rousey has arisen.</p>
<p>In an interview on the <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2015/09/22/ufc-legend-tank-abbott-ill-fight-ronda-rousey-no-chick-could-beat-me/">Proving Ground</a> podcast, former UFC fighter Tank Abbott had some choice words for Rousey.</p>
<p><span>"She's a girl," Abbott, 50, said. "It's all about this emotional stuff."</span></p>
<p><span>The 250-pound Abbott, who was <a href="http://www.ufc.com/fighter/Tank-Abbott">8-10</a> during his UFC career, made it clear that he thought Rousey didn't stand a chance against him or any man in a fight. Abbott also said</span><span> he wouldn't even have to prepare to take her on.</span></p>
<p><span><span>"I don't care &mdash; I will fight any woman on this Earth for free," he said. "I will. She will have to make me a sandwich &mdash; that's what I get for winning."</span></span></p>
<p>Abbott didn't stop there, however, adding that he would give $100,000 to any woman who beat him in the octagon.</p>
<p><span><span>As if those comments weren't antagonistic enough, he felt the need to further make himself clear: </span></span>"You can't be, like, a tranny," Abbott added. "You gotta be a female. Born a female."</p>
<p>Rousey has said multiple times in the past that she would <a href="http://www.sportingnews.com/sport/story/2015-03-06/ronda-rousey-wont-fight-a-man-i-dont-think-we-should-celebrate-a-man-hitting-a-woman-in-any-kind-of-setting">never fight a man</a> because of domestic-violence implications, so don't expect this to happen, but if anything could stoke the fire under Rousey, this is it.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tank-thinks-he-can-beat-ronda-rousey-2015-9#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/rich-middle-eastern-countries-not-letting-in-syrian-refugees-2015-9">5 uber-wealthy Middle Eastern countries won't take any refugees from their war-torn neighbors</a></p> http://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-to-star-road-house-remake-2015-9Ronda Rousey is starring in the remake of 'Road House,' and she reached out to Patrick Swayze's widow for her blessinghttp://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-to-star-road-house-remake-2015-9
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 13:53:00 -0400Jason Guerrasio
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/55f05bf69dd7cc18008b9092-1200-600/rsz_ronda_rousey.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Matthew Stockman/Getty Images"></p><p>UFC champion Ronda Rousey has signed on to play the Patrick Swayze role in a reboot of the classic 1980s action movie “Road House.”</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ronda-rousey-road-house-reboot-1201567956/">Variety</a>, the fighter reached out to the widow of Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi, to ask for her blessing to star in the remake, which Niemi gave.</p>
<p>The 1989 movie starred Swayze as Dalton, a bouncer who is hired by the rowdy Double Deuce bar to help clean up the place from a corrupt businessman.</p>
<p>Rousey tweeted this about the role:</p>
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<p class="embed-spacer">Rousey has had cameo roles in “Furious 7” and “Entourage.” This will be her biggest role to date. She's also pining for the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-wants-to-be-the-lead-in-captain-marvel-2015-8">lead female role in "Captain Marvel.</a>"</p>
<p>MGM will release the film. They are currently meeting with writers to pen the script, according to Variety.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-wants-to-be-the-lead-in-captain-marvel-2015-8" >Ronda Rousey had a clever way of showing she's right for the lead in 'Captain Marvel'</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 09 Sep 2015 12:31:50 -0400Jason Guerrasio
<p><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/55f05bf69dd7cc18008b9092-1200-600/rsz_ronda_rousey.jpg" alt="Ronda Rousey" data-mce-source="Matthew Stockman/Getty Images"></p><p>UFC champion Ronda Rousey has signed on to play the Patrick Swayze role in a reboot of the classic 1980s action movie “Road House.”</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ronda-rousey-road-house-reboot-1201567956/">Variety</a>, the fighter reached out to the widow of Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi, to ask for her blessing to star in the remake, which Niemi gave.</p>
<p>The 1989 movie starred Swayze as Dalton, a bouncer who is hired by the rowdy Double Deuce bar to help clean up the place from a corrupt businessman.</p>
<p>Rousey tweeted this about the role:</p>
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<p class="embed-spacer">Rousey has had cameo roles in “Furious 7” and “Entourage.” This will be her biggest role to date. She's also pining for the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-wants-to-be-the-lead-in-captain-marvel-2015-8">lead female role in "Captain Marvel.</a>"</p>
<p>MGM will release the film. They are currently meeting with writers to pen the script, according to Variety.</p><p><strong>SEE ALSO:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ronda-rousey-wants-to-be-the-lead-in-captain-marvel-2015-8" >Ronda Rousey had a clever way of showing she's right for the lead in 'Captain Marvel'</a></strong></p>
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Wed, 02 Sep 2015 09:13:34 -0400Alyson Shontell
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/55e6f44c9dd7cc1b008b78f9-1325-994/screen shot 2015-09-02 at 8.59.59 am.png" alt="ronda rousey" data-mce-source="TMZ" data-mce-caption="Ronda Rousey says " /></p><p>Ronda Rousey says she's prepared to make a North Carolina Marine's dreams come true.</p>
<p>The Marine, Jarrod Haschert, made a 34-second video telling the UFC star that she was his "celebrity crush" and that he loved everything she did.</p>
<p>"I think you are a phenomenal person," Haschert said. "Which is why it would be my honor to take you to the Marine Corps Ball on December 11."</p>
<p>Rousey had training camp scheduled that day, but now she's free. Haschert said he hoped the date wouldn't get in the way of her training. "You will truly be making my dream come true," he said before flashing a smile.</p>
<p><img class="float_left" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/55e6f4749dd7cc22008b78c1-598-448/screen shot 2015-09-02 at 8.56.48 am.png" alt="Jarrod Hasch marine" data-mce-source="Facebook" />That video, which was posted on August 22 on Facebook, has now been played over 5 million times, and Rousey has received the message.</p>
<p>Rousey told a TMZ cameraman that she would "totally go" and that Haschert was "cute." Her biggest concern was that she didn't know how to contact him to formally accept his invitation.</p>
<p>"Do I call him?" she asked the cameraman. "Or do I set up a time and place like 'Never Been Kissed'?" the Drew Barrymore movie.</p>
<p>The cameraman assured her that he would take care of making sure Haschert heard the good news.</p>
<p>Rousey has a few demands though: "He has to be a gentleman" and "he has to find dates for my girls [friends] and we'll all go."</p>
<p>Rousey isn't the first celebrity to score an invite to the Marine Corps Ball and actually say yes. In 2011, Sgt. Scott Moore invited Mila Kunis, and she accepted.</p>
<p>Here's Haschert's winning invitation.</p>
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